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Old 08-12-2016, 07:14 PM   #341
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Whos this guy?!
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:15 PM   #342
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Wow, a 3 way tie for Silver?
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:16 PM   #343
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:18 PM   #344
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Phelps, Le Clos and Czeh lose to this guy. And not by a little. By 8 tenths!
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:23 PM   #345
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Ridiculous criticism. France was the favourite. They are the higher seed. Who would expect it to be a convincing win for Canada? The fact that France rarely looked dangerous speaks volumes to how well Canada played.
I wasn't expecting a dominating performance over the French and by convincing I meant more of a deserving victory. Canada got the victory but they didn't really deserve it. They were outplayed and out-chanced but regardless the team got the result that we all wanted.
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:26 PM   #346
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Ledecky destroyed this race
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:26 PM   #347
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Canada loves the pool
It was either yesterday or on Wednesday that one of the CBC hosts mentioned that a Canadian was working on the pool construction and buried a Toonie into the pool much like the previous lucky Loonie in the ice.
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Ledecky is just dominating.
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:28 PM   #349
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She has like a 30m lead over second
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:29 PM   #350
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New world record.. Crazy!
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Ledecky slam!
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:36 PM   #352
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Heptathon update.

BTE 9th in the 200m. Drops to 6th overall.

The 2 british girls are fast they finish 1 and 2.

After 4 events

GB1 4057
BEL 3985
BAR 3964
GB2 3957
GER 3936
CAN 3871
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:52 PM   #353
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What a close finish in the Men's 50m freestyle
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What a close finish in the Men's 50m freestyle
That was an amazing swim for a comparatively old man.
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Here he is in 2008. Phelps deserves a gold for the stache.

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Here he is in 2008. Phelps deserves a gold for the stache.

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Old 08-12-2016, 08:15 PM   #357
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Are there any other heptathlon events tonight?
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Old 08-12-2016, 08:20 PM   #358
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Are there any other heptathlon events tonight?
Nope. Long Jump, Javelin and 800m tomorrow
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If you look up dark horse in a dictionary, you will see a picture of Joseph Schooling
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Old 08-12-2016, 08:37 PM   #360
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Van Landeghem in 5th in her heat
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